Hi, I’m 22. And, I’ve plateaued in my job, my weight loss, my relations. I’m mad at myself, furious that I am not progressing. If you’re dealing with this too, here are some mantras, phrases, that I am using to defeat this state. The thing about mantras is that they need to be vocalized and…
Category: Personal
Merry Storygathering and Storytelling: Voices From Rexdale, North Etobicoke (Toronto, Canada)
I’m hyper-aware of the fact that I left this blog to rot. Even if no one sees this – I am still satisfied because I finally posted something (so here is something I’ve been working on during this month of December). Final Title: Voices From Rexdale, North Etobicoke (Toronto, Canada) Description: Rexdale, North Etobicoke, is…
“Loneliness is Loud” Poem
Amid family, Associates, And probable friends, I cannot say that I’m truly alone. …
Halloween Deprived
“Can’t we just give them candy?” I would ask. My mother would shake her head. Then she would say, “No. If we give them candy, those kids will keep coming here every year. We don’t celebrate Halloween, so when they knock, don’t open the door.”
Writing A Song (With Imagery)!
…I used Lorde’s song, Writer in The Dark (co-written and co-produced by Lorde & Jack Antonoff) as a sampler while song-writing. Like I mentioned in my previous post, A Love For Haunted (Deep) Music, I adore the lyrics of this song. The song is raw, cryptic, and the lyrics (and its arrangement) are one of…
A LOVE FOR HAUNTED (DEEP) MUSIC
If I was a singer I think my music style would be similar to the likes of Lorde, Birdy, Tinashe, Sevdaliza, Oh Wonder, Gallant, Tsar B, Lana Del Rey, Frank Ocean, and SZA (if you don’t know any one of these musical artists, I encourage you to search them up). Basically, if I was a singer, my…
I’m Afraid of Running Out of Ideas! (Truthful Hour)
I’m afraid that, at this very moment, my ambition is quite unhealthy but necessary because for now my artistry is my only saving grace, my only source of peace—and sometimes, my only source of self-worth (I’ll talk about this more later). But this is why I coined the term—Needy Artistry—as my blog title. My blog title…
This Little Piece (Free-write Poem)
∼∼ This little piece of hope in my hands, let me hold it for a generous time. This little piece of passion in my palms, let me feel it till the day I die. This little piece of talent in my fingertips, let me have it till the day it is proven to not be…
Raw Artistry (Celebrating Various Spontaneous / Imperfect Art Forms!)
“That rawness, it seems to be looked for in all aspects of life.” I wrote this in my free-writing book three years ago, and I keep going back to the word… “Raw, adjective, (of an emotion or quality) strong and undisguised”
The Art of Daydreaming (Pros & Cons)
My most interesting moments often takes place in my head. I believe it’s because of how reactive the combination of creativity and introversion truly is (yes, I just compared human traits to chemical reactions, deal with it 😝).
Needy Artistry 